Falsa / Phalsa
Grewia subinaequalis
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal
- Flowering
- June-July
How to identify Falsa
Identify Falsa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated edible berries (phalsa).
- Confirm leaf shape: Orbicular.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Cyme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-July.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“The leaves are broadly rounded, 5–18 cm long and broad, with a petiole 1–1.5 cm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Falsa itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“The flowers are produced in cymes of several together, the individual flowers about 2 cm diameter, yellow, with five large (12 mm) sepals and five smaller (4–5 mm) petals.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruit is an edible drupe 5–12 mm diameter, purple to black when ripe.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Falsa itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Gujarati
- Shukri
- Hindi
- फाल्सा Falsa
- Konkani
- Phalsi
- Manipuri
- ꯁꯟꯖꯦꯜꯍꯩ Sanjelhei
- Nepali
- फाल्सा Falsa, स्याल फुस्रे Syaal Phusre, स्याल फुस्रो Syaal Phusro
- Kannada
- ಫುಲ್ಶಾ Phulsha
- Telugu
- Phutiki
- Sindhi
- Pharaho
- Sanskrit
- Mriduphal म्रदुफल
- Odia
- Pharosakoli
- Tamil
- உந்நு Unnu
- Urdu
- Falsa ﻓﺎﻟﺴﺎ
About Falsa
Phalsa (Grewia subinaequalis) is a shrub in the Tiliaceae family. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal. Flowering and fruiting run from June to July.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Falsa belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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